How to Install and Uninstall libxml2 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 29,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libxml2 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libxml2" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libxml2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libxml2" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libxml2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libxml2 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libxml2
Version: 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 1866
Maintainer: Debian XML/SGML Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libicu72 (>= 72.1~rc-1~), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3)
Conflicts: w3c-dtd-xhtml
Description: GNOME XML library
Description-md5: 6771e66f557fa0f71e6955303e1d8f8d
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://xmlsoft.org
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libx/libxml2/libxml2_2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 686904
MD5sum: 68f5d59c5d740102daf67816f4573c55
SHA256: 35b76cb7038fc1c940204a4f05f33ffb79d027353ce469397d9adcf8f9b3e1a7